"Useless."
The rebuke echoed through the room, and the air seemed to grow heavy beneath the shout. Zhongli Wu glared furiously at the trembling subordinates standing before him.
The Cult Leader was enraged. Of the four teams sent to carry out the mission, three turned to look at the team led by Black Water, each wearing a different expression.
Zhongli Wu paced back and forth while the Elders and Feng Ling remained silent, their faces grim.
Who could have expected that the ambushing side would suffer heavier losses? It was simply absurd.
As he walked, Zhongli Wu suddenly stopped. He turned his head and continued berating them:
"For a mere Earl Mansion, you lost ten people. If not for Third Elder's intervention, you wouldn't even have been able to kill a single member of the moonlight family. I have to ask—did you cultivate your abilities into a dog's belly?"
After being harshly scolded, the surviving Evil Soul Masters in Black Water's team all lowered their heads, not knowing how to explain themselves.
"Cult Leader, you really can't blame them for this. Who could have expected Moonlight Count to possess a Linked Defensive Soul Tool? Once combined, its defensive power was astonishing. Even I couldn't have broken through it directly, let alone them."
"The main problem was that eight-level Soul Tool Master named Zhang Yiguo. He risked severing his meridians and damaging his origin, forcibly injecting Soul Power to activate the Rank 8 Soul Cannon ahead of time. That was what caused our heavy casualties."
"If you must blame someone, blame me. Blame me for failing to react in time."
Nether Thunder Douluo stepped forward and pleaded earnestly, his expression solemn.
Zhongli Wu glanced at him and said coldly, "The leader will go receive Blood Punishment. As for the rest, your